The 2026 Sundance Film Festival took place in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 22 to February 1, 2026. Film premieres at the festival were held from January 22 to January 27, 2026. The first selection lineup was announced on December 10, 2025. The festival would be the last Sundance Film Festival held in Utah before the festival relocates to Boulder, Colorado in 2027. Several films notably received standing ovations during the festival, including Fing, Josephine, Wicker, The Invite, Levitating, and Union County.
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
U.S. Documentary Competition
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Premieres
Next
Midnight
Episodic
Family Matinee
U.S. Fiction Short Films
International Fiction Short Films
Animated Short Films
Nonfiction Short Films
Special Screenings
To commemorate the final Sundance in Park City, the 2026 festival will include several special screenings of classic films that screened at festivals in years past, along with the 1969 film Downhill Racer as a tribute to founder Robert Redford, who died in September 2025.
Awards
For the last time in Park City the following awards were given out:
Grand Jury Prizes
Audience Awards
Directing, Editing, and Screenwriting Prizes
Special Jury Awards
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast: the cast of The FriendâÂÂs House is Here
- U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature: Bedford Park
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence: Who Killed Alex Odeh?
- U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change: The Lake
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Filipiñana
- World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble: LADY
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Impact: Birds of War
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance: Everybody To Kenmure Street
- NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression: TheyDream
- Short Film Special Jury Award for Acting: Noah Roja and Filippo Carrozza for The Liars
- Short Film Special Jury Award for Creative Vision: Paper Trail
Shorts Program Awards
- U.S. Fiction: Crisis Actor (Lily Platt)
- Animation: Living with a Visionary (Stephen P. Neary)
- Nonfiction: The Boys and the Bees (Arielle C. Knight)
- International Fiction: Jazz Infernal (Will Niava)
Sundance Institute Awards
- Producers Award for Nonfiction (presented by Amazon MGM Studios): Dawne Langford for Who Killed Alex Odeh?
- NHK Award: Leo Aguirre for Verano
- Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: Andrew Stanton In The Blink of An Eye
- Adobe Mentorship Award for Nonfiction: Flavia de Souza
- Adobe Mentorship Award for Fiction: Mollie Goldstein
Acquisitions
References
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